


The Red Sox’s long national nightmare is over.
The boys in Beantown have themselves a new head of baseball operations: Craig Breslow.
The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Breslow, a former Red Sox reliever, has accepted the offer to succeed Chaim Bloom, who was fired in September.
The Red Sox had trouble finding candidates interested in the job, with several potential hires, including former Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng, passing on the opportunity.
MassLive.com reported some possible candidates did not liked the amount of turnover the Red Sox have experienced in the front office over the last decade.
Boston has won four World Series titles in this century, with three different general managers: Theo Epstein (2004 and 2007), Ben Cherington (2013) and Dave Dombrowski (2018).
Less than a year after beating the Dodgers in the 2018 World Series, the Red Sox fired Dombrowski, who landed on his feet with the Phillies.
He built a roster in Philadelphia that stands one win away from a second consecutive appearance in the Fall Classic.
The Red Sox hired Bloom from the Rays with the hope that his focus on analytics and cost-controlled roster moves would launch a new era of success in Boston.
However, the Red Sox finished in last place in the American League East in three of the last four seasons.